A/HRC/29/43 (a) Develop a national human rights plan of action to ensure follow up to and implementation of all recommendations made by the international human rights system, in broad consultation with all human rights-promoting civil society organizations, regardless of their registration status, and the general public. The plan should be comprehensive in scope, reflect the interdependence and indivisibility of all human rights, include specific timelines and benchmarks for implementation, and be based on the close cooperation of the Government with Parliament, civil society organizations, the United Nations system and the international community for its implementation. The Government should also establish a consultative mechanism, such as a national coordinating committee, open to civil society, to conduct the process; (b) Establish a national human rights institution in accordance with the Paris Principles, with a clear human rights mandate and broad powers for promotion and protection; (c) Continue to reform the judicial system, including by implementing fully Presidential Decree No. 6, and take further action to remove legal and institutional obstacles to ensure the independence of the judiciary, in accordance with the Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary, as a prerequisite to the rule of law; (d) Repeal the amendments to laws on elections and referendums of 15 November 2013 banning election boycotts, and take measures to ensure transparency and public participation in electoral processes and, in particular: (i) Create composition; independent election commissions through pluralistic (ii) Ensure a transparent vote count in elections, including for its full and open observation by election commission members and other stakeholders; (e) Create space for effective and full participation in public life and decision making processes, peaceful dissent and dialogue, by fully respecting the right to freedoms of assembly, association and expression, as preconditions for free and fair elections. To that end review, amend and repeal if necessary all laws, in line with recommendations made by the international human rights mechanisms, with the aim to comply with the Constitution and international standards; (f) Repeal the recent provisions of the law on mass media that extend restrictions on freedom of expression to Internet-based media, and also repeal regulations that grant the Government powers to sanction content in the press or to block Internet resources; (g) Protect human rights defenders and journalists from harassment, intimidation and violence as a result of their activities, and conduct prompt, impartial and thorough investigation, prosecution and punishment of any such acts; (h) Release all political opponents, human rights defenders and activists who have been subjected to criminal charges without conditions, and ensure their full rehabilitation, and cease using administrative and criminal charges in retaliation for the exercise of their political and other rights; (i) Refrain from handing down death sentences and establish an immediate moratorium on the use of the death penalty with a view to its permanent abolition; (j) Develop a comprehensive anti-discrimination law in accordance with international standards, addressing direct and indirect discrimination; 23